Medieval Migration Flashcards
Reason for jews migration
invited over by Kiing William I, he needed their skills
what were jews able to do that Christians couldn’t because of their religion?
jews could be moneylenders as their religion did not say it was a sin
Lincoln blood libels
1255, boy disappeared, copin arrested, confessed under torture, executed
Palm Sunday
1263, 400 Jews murdered
Statute of Jewry
1275, no longer allowed to collect interest on loans, had to wear yellow badges, only allowed in select few towns, had to become farmers
What did KIng Edward do?
1278, arrested 680 Jews for coinage offences, hung 293 of them
Expulsion
1290, remaining 3000 jews who hadn’t converted expelled by King Edward
Reasons for migration, Low Countries?
Invited by King Edward, he needed flemish weavers, they also fled from wars and rebellions
Jewish migrants impacts
financial skills helped build englands castles and cathedrals, supported trade
why were migrants from the low countries (flemish weavers ) treated well?
they were desirable and valuable, helped economy grow, helped cloth and wool industry, best weaver in Europe
How did King Edward persuade low countries (flemish weavers) migrants to move?
promised to help and protect them, letting them work whenever they chose, banning export of raw wool so weavers had to come for employment
flemish weavers impact
rise in cloth production in essex, and manchester became powerhouse of britains wealth 500 years after flemish weavers set up their looms there
reasons for migration, italian bankers
rich banking families came over in the 1220s, came over in 1260s to help with wool and cloth trade with their new money system
experiences, italian bankers
positive experiences, played a big part in turning england into a manufacturing and trading economy, and they contributed to the expelling of jews
impacts, italian bankers
helped King Edward I fund armies and castles to conquer wales by 1238, has a lasting effect on banking
